Historical linguistics : problems and perspectives /: problems and perspectives. (1993)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Charles Jones.
• Other Names: Jones, Charles, 1939-
• Contents: Parameters of syntactic change / John Anderson -- Change and metatheory at the beginning of the 1990s : the primacy of history / Raimo Anttila -- Typology and reconstruction / Bernard Comrie -- On the phonetic basis of phonological change / Patricia Donegan -- Internally and externally motivated change in language contact settings / Nancy C. Dorian -- How real(ist) are reconstructions? / Roger Lass -- Why UG needs a learning theory : triggering verb movement / David Lightfoot -- On the social origins of language change / James Milroy -- The phonetics of sound change / John Ohala -- Nicaraguan English in history / Wayne O'Neil -- Language change as language improvement / Theo Vennemann -- Bidirectional diffusion in sound change / William S-Y Wang and Chinfa Lien.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Longman
• Publication Date: 1993
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 405 pages)
• Subjects: 417/.7; Historical linguistics; Linguistique historique; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General; Historical linguistics; Historische taalwetenschap; Linguistica historica; Linguistique historique; Historische Sprachwissenschaft; Aufsatzsammlung; Sprachwandel; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317898993; 1317898990
• Related ISBNs: 0582060869; 9780582060869; 0582060850; 9780582060852
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.